Flour scoop and sifter



(No Model.)

T. w. GOULD. FLOURSOOOP AND SIPTBR.

- No. 490,766. Patented Jan. 31,. 189 3.

' UNITE STATES- -ATENT Fries...

THOMAS W. GOULD, OF PATERSON, NEW- JERSEY.

FLOUR SCOOP AN D SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,766, dated January 31, 1893. Application filed December 2, 1891. Serial No 413,794. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. GOULD, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Flour Scoop and Sifter, of which the following is a specification.

The device when used as a sitter gives the finely separated and aerated condition conducive to lightness of bread and cake. The main portion may be of tinned iron, ordinary sheet tin. The agitator may be of iron or steel wire, either bright or tinned, being extended backward and forward across a portion of the sieve in a plane parallel to it, and almost or quite touching it upon the upper side and reciprocated by means of a transverse rod, which is a straight length of a similar wire, or any other straight bar extending out each side through close fitting holes, and provided at one end with an operating handle arranged to be conveniently worked by a portion of the same hand which holds the scoop.

In what I esteem the most complete form of the invention, there is a spiral or other e1":- ficient spring urging the agitator to one extreme position, and the force of the hand is applied to urge it to the other extreme position and allow it to return by the force of the spring.

The handle is hollow and may serve as a guiding tube to lead the sifted flour and deposit it at any point desired. The handle may be detached when required.

I provide an attachment to the end of the handle which gives a more contracted aperture. This may be used in sifting flour, but is more especially intended to serve when I use the handle portion as a tunnel for liquids. In such case the attachment may lead the liquid into a small-mouthed bottle, or any similar contracted aperture.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and indicate what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section on the line 1, 1, in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a portion at right angles to Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where they appear.

A'is the body of the scoop.

Bis a wire-cloth sieve extending across one end, and strongly and permanently secured by soldering. The other endof the body-A is cut obliquely to allow it to serve as a scoop.

D is a straight wire extending through holes a, a, in the body near the sieve B, having one end bent at right angles to form an arm D. The end of this arm is formed into a ring, as indicated by D Upon this'wire within the body A is soldered a serpentine wire D The several returns of this wire are so spaced that the device is capable of being moved backward and forward within the body.

Between the arm D and the body A is interposed a sufiiciently long and strong helical spring 0 which exerts a constant distending force urging the agitator toward one edge of the sieve.

Around the exterior of the body A, a little above the base, is a bead A which serves as a stop for the iuclosing notched band E, e, which is matched tightly upon the base of A, but is capable of being removed at will.

E is a sheet of metal formed into a truncated cone and soldered to the edge of the part E. To the smaller end of this truncated cone is soldered a smaller cylindrical shell E the lower end of which is open. The notches ein the part E receive the wire or rod D and allow the band E and its attachments to be applied to the body A and removed therefrom at will by the application of sufficient force. The notches e have each a slight lateral extension of L-shape which allows the parts to be partially revolved by turning the baud E and its attachments upon the scoop. These parts should not be subjected to any strain, because it is important to have the rod D subject to as little friction as may be.

I provide two efficient bayonet joints at the points e e which, when the device is in use, lie respectively on the upper and lower sides thereof. At each of these points the metal of the band E is forced outward by being compressed in suitable dies, or otherwise, making an L-shaped groove on the interior,

and the part A is provided with a corresponding pin a, permanently and stoutly set,which when the parts are applied together are rebarrel or other device at the bottom.

ceived in the L-shaped grooves inthe' band E, and when theparts are sufficiently forced together and slightly revolved, this pin a, being thereby-moved into the angular part, or L-part of the corresponding grooves e, 6 locks the body of the scoop withitsst-rainer, agitator and means for moving the agitator etficient-ly to the band E, conical portion E and handle E The connection of these-parts must be sutficiently firm to allow the body to be used as a scoop, the operator grasping the part E as ahandle for such use.

When it is desired to sift, the device is turned into the perpendicularposition, with the beveled end of the body upward, and the flour beingeither scooped by itself or poured" into it can be sifted by the reciprocation ot the rod D and its attached agitator D by operating onthe arm D". erated by either hand of the operator. It is easy to work by a finger ot the same hand which holds the device by the handle E;

To use the handle as a tunnel for liquids,

the body A and its attached rod D, D, and agitator D are removed" and" placed temporarily out of use. portion E and tubular handle E alone being held in the upright position, the liquid may be poured in at the large mouth presented at the top, and will be led into a bottle,

the lower end of the handle E serves as an,

abutment to receive the upper edge of the band G.

I claim as my invention 1. In a combined scoop and sitter, having an agitator and means for operating it, the detachable band E, cone E and smaller cylinder or tube E in combination with the-body This rod may be op- Then the band E, conical A and permanently attachedsieve B, and bayonet fastenings allowing the detachable portion to serve as a handle when used as a scoop, a guide for the sifted product when used as a sieve, and a tunnel for general use when detached, all, substantially as herein specified.

2. In a combined scoop and sitter, the combination with the body Aand sieve B and the detachable part E E E serving both as a :handle and as a guide for the sifted product ot the agitator'D composed-ota wire or similarmetallicpart formed in a flat frame lying close to the sieve, and the reciprocating rod D, extending across the body, guided in holes.

a, and havingan arm D adapted tobe worked by a finger otthe same hand which holds the scoop, as herein, specified.

3'. In acombined scoop andsiftergthe detachable part E E E serving both as a handle and as a guide for the sifted product the reciprocating rod D, having an armD"adapted to be worked by a fingerfot the same hand which holds the scoop, and the agitator D composed of a wire or similar metallic part formed in a fiat frame lying closeto the sieve 1 and adapted to be thereby reciprocated, in

combination with each other, andwith asprin g f0 exerting a constant torceurging the agitator into oneextreme position, as herein specie fied.

4. In a combined scoop and sitter, having an agitator and means for operating it, the detachable band E, coneE and smaller cylinder or tube E in combination with the body A and permanently attached sieve B, and bayonet fastenings allowing the detachable portion to serve as a handle when used as a scoop, a guide for the sifted product when used as a sieve, anda tunnel for general use when detached, and with the smaller detachable band G, conical extension G and tube G adapted forjoint operation as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I atfix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

THOMAS W. GOULD.

Witnesses:

THOMAS M. WALSH, Gao. 0. WALSH. 

